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Learning & News => News related to Crypto => Topic started by: codehash on December 31, 2021, 03:21:02 AM
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Art gallery owner Todd Kramer had his valuable NFT collection stolen from his hot wallet yesterday, so OpenSea froze the stolen assets worth about $2.2 million.
NFT marketplace OpenSea has frozen 16 Bored Ape and Mutant Ape nonfungible tokens (NFT) after they were reportedly stolen yesterday from a New York art gallery operator.
In total, one Clonex, seven Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and eight Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs currently valued at about 615 ETH ($2.28 million) were stolen and are now not able to be traded on OpenSea.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/opensea-freezes-2-2m-of-stolen-bored-apes
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I am predicting that story like this involving thief of NFTs can be more common in the next few years especially that NFT continue to be creating a big stir in the marketplace. Good to see OpenSea immediately acting on the stolen digital assets and there can be a strong prospect of them being returned to the rightful owner. The value of these stolen items is quite big and happily the thief or hacker will never be enjoying his day at the beach sipping a cold iced tea.
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probably frozen through smart contracts. smart contracts are a very good thing in this respect. if we look at it from another perspective, it means something dangerous for us. it also goes against the philosophy of crypto money (the idea of decentralization). But catching thieves is a very good thing.